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I just came across a post titled In search of XMPP perfection while researching some stuff, and it’s a pretty solid set of words that gels with my own feelings about the state of the XMPP network. You should go and read it if you’re interested in the topic of XMPP services, and if you’re following my blog I sincerely hope you are, or you’re going to get really bored.